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 * || [[image:http://www.astrodigital.org/astronomy/px/milkyway2.jpg width="194" height="194" caption="Copyright ©1999-2007, Astrodigital, http://www.astrodigital.org. All rights reserved. "]] ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/images/ngc1232_sm.jpg align="left" caption="The source of this material is Windows to the Universe, at http://windows2universe.org/ from the National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA). The Website was developed in part with the support of UCAR and NCAR, where it resided from 2000 - 2010. © 2011 National Earth Science Teachers Association. Windows to the Universe® is a registered trademark of NESTA. All Rights Reserved. See our copyright and licenses page for information about how you can use our materials.Site policies and disclaimer." link="http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/images/milky_way_top_jpg_image.html"]] ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://galenet.galegroup.com/images/itkids/pct/00230197.jpg width="417" height="248" caption="Image of "Milky Way""Milky Way." (LWA/The Image Bank/Getty Images.) Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits"]] ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://galenet.galegroup.com/images/itkids/pct/00230197.jpg width="417" height="248" caption="Image of "Milky Way""Milky Way." (LWA/The Image Bank/Getty Images.) Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits"]] ||  ||

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"Milky Way." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. []

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**Topic: Research Focus**
 * What is your topic? Milkyway Galaxy**
 * State the focus of your research: What is in, and what surrounds the milkyway galaxy.**

**Notes**

The Milky Way is a galaxy. A galaxy is a large cluster of stars, dust, and gas. Our solar system is in the Milky Way. Our solar system includes all of the planets, the Sun, and billions of stars. It also has asteroids and big clouds of dust and gas. From the side, the Milky Way looks like a fried egg. The center bulges up like the yolk. Most of the oldest stars are in the center. There are giant red stars and huge clouds of gases. Stars in the center are close together. So the galaxy looks brighter there. The Milky Way looks like a spiral from above. The center looks like a bar. So it is called a barred spiral. Four large arms swirl out from the center. They make the Milky Way look like a spinning pinwheel. There are also at least two smaller arms, or spurs. Our solar system is in the Orion Spur. It is located on the inner side of the arm. The sun revolves around the center of the Milky Way. Scientists think this center is a large black hole. (Black holes are pockets of space with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing can escape.) The Sun takes 250 million years to go around it once. The Milky Way has 200 to 400 billion stars. The Milky Way is so large that it would take about 100,000 light years to travel from one end of the Milky Way to the other. It is a huge galaxy, but other galaxies are even larger. Some are 100 times larger. The Milky Way is part of a group of about 36 main galaxies. This group is called the Local Group.